Dassault Systèmes’ 3DVIA and Sculpteo Take the “3D Print” Button to New Frontiers

Partnership to Deliver 3D Printing Through the Online 3DVIA
Community

CONCORD, Mass. & VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 27, 2011 —
Dassault
Systèmes (Paris:
DSY) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world
leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced
today that the 260,000+ users of its 3DVIA.com community can now order
online 3D-printed versions of their 3DVIA-hosted models through the 3D
printing Web service, Sculpteo. With this partnership, the easy physical
production of 3D designs for all, at an affordable price, is taking a
new step.

Previously used for rapid prototyping, 3D printing is now considered as
a manufacturing solution and is available to all, thanks to an
easy-to-use online service created by Sculpteo for 3DVIA. Users simply
click the “Send to Sculpteo 3D Print” button on their own 3DVIA model’s
view page, specify the size they wish to print and choose a white, black
or full-color print option. Final printed models are shipped directly to
users’ mailboxes. During the online printing process, 3D models are
automatically analyzed to ensure the best results. Digital repair and
optimization are just one of the many features provided through Dassault
Systèmes and Sculpteo’s partnership.

“We are very excited to serve the 3DVIA community with Sculpteo's
technology by offering a new and seamless service to transform files
into real objects,” said Clément Moreau, CEO and co-founder of
Sculpteo.com. “This new alliance contributes to the ineluctable
democratization of 3D.”

3DVIA.com, one of the top 3D communities on the Web, is an open platform
accepting most 3D files, including CAD and other standard formats (OBJ,
DAE, 3DXML, STEP and IGES), enabling community members to print almost
any creation with the simple click of a button.

Through a crowd-sourced approach, 3DVIA.com community members, including
designers, 3D enthusiasts and companies, have long been producing 3D
content with Dassault Systèmes solutions. Users host their 3D models,
incorporate them in virtual showrooms with 3DVIA Scenes and give them
life with the 3DVIA Studio development environment.

The 3DVIA platform is connected with other Dassault Systèmes solutions,
such as CATIA and SolidWorks, which already include a Publish to 3DVIA
function (starting with CATIA Version 6 and SolidWorks 2009),
consequently making the 3D printing process even easier.

“We are providing a valuable service to our creative community,” said
Lynne Wilson, CEO, 3DVIA, Dassault Systèmes. “We are connecting the
virtual to the real, allowing 3DVIA users to literally bring their ideas
to life by ordering a printed 3D version.”

To learn more about how to use Sculpteo’s printing service from
3DVIA.com, visit
www.3dvia.com

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About Sculpteo and 3D PrintingFounded in 2009, Sculpteo
offers a fully online 3D printing service – from the upload of your 3D
model to the final object - designed to make this new technology easy
and accessible to all.

3D printing is a method of producing a real object from a 3D file, by
building and solidifying a material layer by layer until the finished
item is obtained. This technology is geared at anyone who wants to turn
concept into concrete, imagination into reality. The virtual object
becomes a tangible item, which can be handled and placed in real-life
situations. 3D printing is an element in the custom-made trend –
claiming the right to individuality and personal expression. Technology
puts us back in control of the selection, modification or creation of
the objects around us, be they utilitarian or strictly aesthetic. 3D
files – or digital models – are geometric representations of a
product. As with any other software, there are many different 3D-design
applications available, free or not, all over the web. Similarly, there
are multiple 3D file formats. The most common are obj, 3ds, stl, skp…
Sculpteo.com handles them all.

About Dassault SystèmesAs a world leader in 3D and Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to
more than 130,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D
software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes applications provide a 3D
vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to
maintenance to recycling. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of
CATIA for designing the virtual product - DELMIA for virtual production
- SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative
lifecycle management, EXALEAD for search-based applications- SolidWorks
for 3D mechanical design and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences.
For more information, visit
http://www.3ds.com.

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, EXALEAD, SIMULIA, SolidWorks and 3DVIA are
registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US
and/or other countries.